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internalising psychopathology, human-tech interaction, human factors
United Kingdom

Biography

I am Director of the Design Psychology Lab at Imperial College London, a research group where we merge psychological insights with design thinking to explore how products, services and behavioural interventions can be designed to maintain and promote good mental health of people who benefit from them. I also collaborate with governing bodies and organisations to consult on critical problems involving human-technology interactions and development of anxiety.

Activities

Employment (7)

Imperial College London: London, GB

2021-09-01 to present | Senior Lecturer (Dyson School of Design Engineering)
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Imperial College London: London, GB

2018-06-04 to 2021-08-31 | Lecturer in Psychology and Human Factors (Dyson School of Design Engineering)
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Imperial College London: London, GB

2016-01-01 to 2020-09-01 | Lecturer in Psychology (Imperial Horizons)
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University of Greenwich: London, GB

2016-08-01 to 2018-06-01 | Lecturer (Department of Psychology, Social Work and Counselling)
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Cambridge University: Cambridge, GB

2013-09-01 to 2016-07-31 | Visiting Scholar (Psychology)
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Örebro University: Örebro, SE

2009-08-01 to 2016-06-30 | Lecturer in Psychology (Psychology)
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Örebro University: Örebro, SE

2009-08-01 to 2010-06-01 | Assistant Head of Education (Psychology)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Örebro Universitet: Örebro, SE

2005-09-01 to 2009-06-20 | Ph.D. (Psychology)
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Örebro University: Örebro, SE

2000-01-09 to 2005-06-20 | MSc (Psychology)
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Örebro universitet Musikhögskolan: Örebro, SE

2000-09-01 to 2004-06-13 | MA (Music)
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Professional activities (1)

British Psychological Society: London, GB

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Funding (8)

Both EARS training package (BEARS) to maximise hearing abilities in teenage bilateral cochlear implant user

2020 to 2025 | Grant
National Institute for Health Research (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER:

NIHR200624

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RoboPatient - Robot assisted learning of constrained haptic information gain

2019-12-01 to 2023-03-30 | Grant
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: EP/T00603X/1
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Family Relationships in ‘Super’ Face Recognition Ability, Shyness and Personality

2017-01 to 2017-06 | Grant
University of Greenwich (London, GB)
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People’s Experience of Social Isolation: A Test of Williams’ (2001) Model of Ostracism

2017-01 to 2017-06 | Grant
University of Greenwich (London, GB)
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The Roles of Emotion Regulation and Parent and Peer Relationships in the Development of Adolescent Social Fears

2013-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | Grant
Swedish Research Council (Stockholm, SE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2012-01233_VR
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Junior Researcher: Social Anxiety in Early Adolescence in Online and Offline Contexts and the Consequences for Adjustment

2012-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | Grant
Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare (Stockholm, SE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2011-00307_Forte
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How Do Wallflowers Grow? Development of Shyness and Social Anxiety in the Adolescent Peer Context

2010-01-01 to 2012-12-31 | Grant
Swedish Research Council (Stockholm, SE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 2009-01446_VR
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Online vs. Offline Worlds: The Role of Adolescents’ Online and Offline Friendships in Emotional Adjustment and Problem Behaviors

2010-01 to 2012-12 | Grant
Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (Stockholm, SE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2009-1444

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Peer review (23 reviews for 10 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMC psychology. (1)
Review activity for British journal of developmental psychology. (1)
Review activity for Child psychiatry and human development. (2)
Review activity for Cognitive therapy and research. (1)
Review activity for Current psychology : (1)
Review activity for Humanities & social sciences communications. (1)
Review activity for Journal of abnormal child psychology. (12)
Review activity for Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment. (1)
Review activity for Science and engineering ethics. (1)
Review activity for UK Research and Innovation (2)